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1962 Academy Awards

The 1962 Academy Awards were presented April 8, 1963 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.

Best Picture

Lawrence of Arabia, Sam Spiegel, producer (Columbia)

The Longest Day, Darryl F. Zanuck, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox)

Meredith Willson's the Music Man, Morton Da Costa, producer (Warner Bros.)

Mutiny on the Bounty, Aaron Rosenberg, producer (MGM)

To Kill a Mockingbird, Alan J. Pakula, producer (Universal-International)

Best Actor

Burt Lancaster, Birdman of Alcatraz

Jack Lemmon, Days of Wine and Roses

Marcello Mastroianni, Divorce—Italian Style

Peter O'Toole, Lawrence of Arabia

Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird

Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird

Archive Photos

Best Actress

Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker

Bette Davis, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Katharine Hepburn, Long Day's Journey Into Night

Geraldine Page, Sweet Bird of Youth

Lee Remick, Days of Wine and Roses

Actor in a Supporting Role

Ed Begley, Sweet Bird of Youth

Victor Buono, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Telly Savalas, Birdman of Alcatraz

Omar Sharif, Lawrence of Arabia

Terence Stamp, Billy Budd

Actress in a Supporting Role

Mary Badham, To Kill a Mockingbird

Patty Duke, The Miracle Worker

Shirley Knight, Sweet Bird of Youth

Angela Lansbury, The Manchurian Candidate

Thelma Ritter, Birdman of Alcatraz

Directing

Pietro Germi, Divorce—Italian Style

David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia

Robert Mulligan, To Kill a Mockingbird

Arthur Penn, The Miracle Worker

Frank Perry, David and Lisa

Writing

Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium	Robert Bolt, Lawrence of Arabia
	Horton Foote, To Kill a Mockingbird
	William Gibson, The Miracle Worker
	Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
	Eleanor Perry, David and Lisa
Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Ingmar Bergman, Through a Glass Darkly
	Ennio de Concini, Alfredo Giannetti and Pietro Germi, Divorce—Italian Style
	Charles Kaufman, story; Charles Kaufman and Wolfgang Reinhardt, screenplay, Freud
	Alain Robbe-Grillet, Last Year at Marienbad
	Stanley Shapiro and Nate Monaster, That Touch of Mink

Cinematography

Black-and-White	Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz, The Longest Day
	Burnett Guffey, Birdman of Alcatraz
	Ernest Haller, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
	Russell Harlan, To Kill a Mockingbird
	Ted McCord, Two for the Seesaw
Color	Russell Harlan, Hataril
	Harry Stradling, Sr., Gypsy
	Robert L. Surtees, Mutiny on the Bounty
	Paul C. Vogel, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
	Fred A. Young, Lawrence of Arabia

Art Direction

Black-and-White	George W. Davis and Edward Carfagno, art direction; Henry Grace and Dick Pefferle, set decoration, Period of Adjustment
	Alexander Golitzen and Henry Bumstead, art direction; Oliver Emert, set decoration, To Kill a Mockingbird
	Ted Haworth, Leon Barsacq and Vincent Korda, art direction; Gabriel Bechir, set decoration, The Longest Day
	Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson, art direction; Sam Comer and Frank R. McKelvy, set decoration, The Pigeon That Took Rome
	Joseph Wright, art direction; George James Hopkins, set decoration, Days of Wine and Roses
Color	John Box and John Stoll, art direction; Dario Simoni, set decoration, Lawrence of Arabia
	George W. Davis and Edward Carfagno, art direction; Henry Grace and Dick Pefferle, set decoration, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
	Alexander Golitzen and Robert Clatworthy, art direction; George Milo, set decoration, That Touch of Mink
	Paul Groesse, art direction; George James Hopkins, set decoration, Meredith Willson's The Music Man
	Hugh Hunt, set decoration, Mutiny on the Bounty

Sound

Shepperton Studio Sound Dept., John Cox, sound director, Lawrence of Arabia

Universal City Studio Sound Dept., Waldon O. Watson, sound director, That Touch of Mink

Walt Disney Studio Sound Dept., Robert O. Cook, sound director, Bon Voyage!

Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept. and Glen Glenn Sound Dept., Joseph Kelly, sound director, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., George R. Groves, sound director, Meredith Willson's The Music Man

Music

Song	*“Days of Wine and Roses,” Days of Wine and Roses, Henry Mancini, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics*
	“Love Song From Mutiny on the Bounty” (Follow Me), Mutiny on the Bounty, Bronislau Kaper, music; Paul Francis Webster, lyrics
	“Song From Two for the Seesaw” (Second Chance), Two for the Seesaw, André Previn, music; Dory Langdon, lyrics
	“Tender Is the Night,” Tender Is the Night, Sammy Fain, music; Paul Francis Webster, lyrics
	“Walk on the Wild Side,” Walk on the Wild Side, Elmer Bernstein, music; Mack David, lyrics
Musical Score, Substantially Original	Elmer Bernstein, To Kill a Mockingbird
	Jerry Goldsmith, Freud
	Maurice Jarre, Lawrence of Arabia
	Bronislau Kaper, Mutiny on the Bounty
	Franz Waxman, Taras Bulba
Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment	Leigh Harline, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
	Ray Heindorf, Meredith Willson's The Music Man
	Michel Magne, Gigot
	Frank Perkins, Gypsy
	George Stoll, Billy Rose's Jumbo

Film Editing

Samuel E. Beetley, The Longest Day

Anne Coates, Lawrence of Arabia

John McSweeney, Jr., Mutiny on the Bounty

Ferrris Webster, The Manchurian Candidate

William Ziegler, Meredith Willson's The Music Man

Costume Design

Black-and-White	Don Feld, Days of Wine and Roses
	Edith Head, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
	Norma Koch, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
	Ruth Morley, The Miracle Worker
	Denny Vachlioti, Phaedra
Color	Edith Head, My Geisha
	Dorothy Jeakins, Meredith Willson's The Music Man
	Orry-Kelly, Gypsy
	Bill Thomas, Bon Voyage!
	Mary Wills, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

Special Effects

A. Arnold Gillespie, visual; Milo Lory, audible, Mutiny on the Bounty

Robert MacDonald, visual; Jacques Maumont, audible, The Longest Day

Short Subjects

Cartoon	The Hole (Storyboard, Inc.; Brandon Films)
	Icarus Montgolfier Wright (Format Films; United Artists)
	Now Hear This (Looney Tune Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)
	Self-Defense—For Cowards (Self-Help Series) (Rembrandt Films; Film Representations)
	Symposium on Popular Songs (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
Live Action	Big City Blues (Martina and Charles Huguenot van der Linden, producers; Mayfair Pictures)
	The Cadillac (Robert Clouse Production; United Producers Releasing)
	The Cliff Dwellers (Formerly titled One Plus One) (Group II Film Production; Lester A. Schoenfeld Films)
	Heureux Anniversaire (Happy Anniversary) (C.A.P.A.C. Productions; Atlantic Pictures Corp.)
	Pan (Herman van der Horst Production; Mayfair Pictures)

Documentary

Short Subject	Dylan Thomas (TWW Ltd.; Janus Films)
	The John Glenn Story (U.S. Navy; Warner Bros.)
	The Road to the Wall (CBS Films, Inc.; U.S. Department of Defense)
Feature	Alvorada (Brazil's Changing Face) (Hugo Niebeling, producer; MW Filmproduktion)
	Black Fox (Image Productions, Inc.; Heritage Films, Inc.)